2022
DOI: 10.15359/rcv.40-1.2
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Prototecosis en caninos en Costa Rica: ¿cuándo sospechar y qué buscar?

Abstract: La prototecosis es una enfermedad causada por algas saprófitas, no clorofílicas, unicelulares y oportunistas del género Prototheca, que afecta, principalmente, a animales con inmunodeficiencias. En caninos, con la forma intestinal, se puede presentar inicialmente como diarrea sanguinolenta, pudiendo progresar a un cuadro sistémico; mientras que en felinos, generalmente, genera lesiones cutáneas. En Costa Rica, P. zopfii es la especie que se ha identificado con mayor frecuencia, y P. wickerhamii, una vez. El di… Show more

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“…Therefore, further investigation is needed to elucidate the role of this agent in canine colitis, since no similar reports were found. On the other hand, P. zopfii is an expectable agent, since it has been reported in similar cases in Costa Rica [ 36 ] but, in other countries, is not a common finding. Prototheca zopfii and Prototheca wickerhamii isolates were not identified by MALDI-TOF, as the genus was not included in the database, and the same situation occurred in research from Belgium with animal isolates [ 37 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…Therefore, further investigation is needed to elucidate the role of this agent in canine colitis, since no similar reports were found. On the other hand, P. zopfii is an expectable agent, since it has been reported in similar cases in Costa Rica [ 36 ] but, in other countries, is not a common finding. Prototheca zopfii and Prototheca wickerhamii isolates were not identified by MALDI-TOF, as the genus was not included in the database, and the same situation occurred in research from Belgium with animal isolates [ 37 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 98%